Treyarch, the developers of Call of Duty 3 have been under a lot of fire from gamers and critics who said that they were never nearly as talented as the big boys from Infinity Ward (Creators of the COD franchise and developers of the first, second and fourth installments), The truth is that they only had 8 months to work on COD 3 while Infinity Ward had two years to pump out COD 4. So now that Treyarch have been given a decent amount of time to develop a title they have been given a chance to show their true potential.... Gameplayer.com.au has had a chance to test out the 4 player online co-op and from the sounds of things, Treyarch is proving that they are a becoming a force to be reckoned with. Just last week I was able to get some hands-on time with some early code of COD 5 and I was impressed with what I had seen.... My opinion changed after my experience with the first level of COD 5 but in the end I realised that I had not seen nearly enough to get a solid feeling of the games worth. Gameplayer.com.au has been lucky enough to get some time with the games 4 player co-op and their impression left me thinking that my initial excitement was justified.... As we’ve come to expect from the Call of Duty series, you really do get immersed in the world through a non-stop barrage of sound-effects, explosions, bullet-fire and well executed action set-pieces. Yeah it plays straighter than Ron Jeremy’s ****, but it is sensory overload of the highest order and it facilitates such tension that your butt cheeks will creep ever forward, clinging onto the edge of your couch as a clam would latch onto a diver’s ankle.... Gameplayer does go on to describe that their are definite differences between the two, saying: it is a different type of game. The weaponry is old-school, and while new additions like the flamethrower provide plenty of comedic value – that’s right kiddies, watching foes light up like kerosene covered hay bales is worth the price of admission alone – if you love your red-dot enabled M16A4, you might be more than a little put-off.... Both games may use the same engine, but very few assets were able to transcend from modern day to the forties and the attention to detail, as well as the sharpness of the A.I – where Infinity Ward’s talent really shines – aren’t as impressive.... So the big question is, which of the two are going to be better when we finally get to compare them. While the upgrade from COD 3 to COD 4 was a lot larger and left us blown away by its improvements, it lacked any form of co-operative play. COD 5 will have to have an incredibly strong multiplayer package to take players away from COD 4 and move them back into the worn-torn maps of World War 2.... Infinity Ward delivers nothing short of spectacular in terms of its titles and to even match them will be proof enough that they are not what all the nay-sayers thought they were.

It's Monday again which means it's time for our Question of the Week! I want to thank everyone who contributed to last week's question, without your guys contribution this section wouldn't be possible. Some of the comments were hilarious and others were just plain creepy and I'm sure that all of us can relate to quite a few of those moments that had us hiding under our beds for weeks.... I think I am going to need to use a randomiser to pick winners from now on because I had such an incredibly tough time choosing my favorites with so many great stories. Okay now for this week's question: What game brings out the monster in you?... I'm sure that there are many of you who, just like me, don't care much about winning, high scores, owning noobs etc. Or maybe you are the type who only plays to win and needs to prove something to the gaming world, who knows? But no matter who you are, there is always that one game. You know the one, it's that one that has your controller/keyboard cringing in fear every time you boot it up. The one that makes you have to cover holes in the doors and walls with posters from your latest collectors edition, just so that visitors don't think you are a homicidal maniac with anger management problems. Tell us your story of anger and flying peripherals and hey, we promise not to call the cops.... The winners of last week's Question of the Week, in no particular order, are: 1.... Nazcanlines Anyone who gets so frightened of a game that he returns it to the store before even opening it deserves a prize.... We only have one copy of each and they are on a first come, first serve basis so please email me your choice as soon as possible to ensure that you get the one you want.... Unfortunately there are no prizes this week, but if our readers keep the Question of the Week section going then I will do all that I can to try and organise more prizes in future. (and if we get lucky, or a sponsor we may even be able to have prizes on a weekly basis so please keep those answers coming) As always, any suggestions for future questions of the week can be mailed to nick@lazygamer.co.za .

This is the part of Home that I think really gives it an advantage over Live. You get to create a gamer lobby and then others can join your game and when you have enough people you can just launch directly into the game. But you can see Sony is a hardware company as they have made the game creation …

Shame I completely feel for this guy do the official Rare presentation of Banjo Kazooie. It seems that someone else has loaded up his save game before the event and completed a bunch of the objectives for him… Either way though this game is looking very good and there wasn’t a motion controller in sight. Banjo Kazooie looks like it …

Please join us for a training exercise in stealth tactics for Call of Duty 4… Monty Python style… Now obviously these tactics don’t always translate perfectly into the heat of the battle but I think you will get the point. I have to say I have always enjoyed Monthy Python’s humour… though it isn’t for everyone… [Picked up from Kaiden’s Xbox …

It’s all over… for now. EA Games has released a statement announcing that they are no longer pursuing a takeover bid for Take Two International. No real reasons have been given yet but I would wager it has something to do with the negative publicity combined with a great current EA line up and the new and improved financial position …

One of the biggest let downs of GTA IV for me was the lack of co-op. It seems Saints Row 2 is out to do everything that GTA didn’t do, and do it well. In another one of their brilliantly controversial videos, they announced full, drop-in / drop-out online co-op which I’m sure will please quite a few people. Saints …

Up until this point revealing characters for the upcoming game Mortal Kombat vs DC was quite a big deal to Midway. They did it in some very unique ways at the various games and comic conventions up until this point. Its sad to think that some leaked Xbox 360 achievements have forced them to reveal the last few characters of …